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 E PRIME VOCABULARY STORY

Dorothy’s (1)affronted attitude took her to the land of  OZ. A witch that lived in the land, looking for prey encountered Dorothy walking towards her castle, this (2)blaséd the wicked witch. The (3)ribald witch disguised herself as a sweet old lady and tried to (4)cajole Dorothy to come into her evil home. Dorothy being the smart child refused to go into a stranger’s home. Dorothy’s refusal frustrated the witch since she was (5)choleric; out of anger she took Dorothy’s most loved necklace and informed her that the return of the necklace depended on Dorothy finding the great wizard of OZ. Without the necklace around her neck Dorothy felt as if an (6)encumber had been put on her by the witch. She complained that the punishment was (7)feckless. The witch did not change her mind and (8)lugubrious Dorothy started on the journey to find the OZ. After walking for hours on the yellow brick road she realized that she could not turn away hence the yellow brick road seemed (9)impasse. She felt (10)indolent by the idea of impasse yet continued her journey coming across a field.

A taciturn man made of straw and cloth (an utter gestalt) sat lonely in a field of corn, mounted upon a wooden board, having only crows as friends.  The sun beat down upon him, but a feeling of trepidation inundated him as he viewed a foreign object strolling down the golden-yellow road that lay in front of his field.  The object, which turned out to be a petite girl of extraordinary beauty, stood dormant as she stared at the man made of straw in complete awe.  Without hesitation the Scarecrow burst out into a voluble conversation with the girl (who turned out to be named Dorothy), at least the Scarecrow had a partner in crime.  After growing tired of his imprisonment to the wooden board, the Scarecrow set himself free after applying much arduous force.  They talked for what seemed forever, and amity blossomed among them.  The Scarecrow was lacking something that every living object must possess to function; a brain.  He felt Dorothy must know about this infliction, so the subject was brought up.  Upon his confession Dorothy gave a simple perjury reply of, “It’s okay, we all have our secrets.”  The sun started setting and Dorothy needed to be on her way, she insisted he accompany her, and she spoke with such perspicuity.  Taken aback by her suggestion, as it was preposterous, he acquiesced and the two were on there way on what would be the adventure of a life-time.   

After walking awhile Dorothy and the Scarecrow came across a Lion. The Cowardly Lion was his name and after learning of the journey to the Emerald City he decided to join them. The Lion showed adulation to Dorothy for having the courage to make a journey to Emerald City with so much courage which he lacked but tried so very hard to hide. The Lion acted very droll and entertained others with lousy jokes. At one point in the journey the air got really musty and dry and the group started to expectorate because of dry throat. The group came to the edge of a mountain where they encountered a wooden bridge. Dorothy examined the sturdiness of the bridge by palpating the wooden planks. Now, the Lion was pusillanimous and preferred not to go across the bridge. Over the bridge lay a surfeit cloud of fog over the darkness of the bottom. The group noticed that the Lion refused to cross the bridge and called him out for it. The Lion tried to deny the fact but Dorothy and the Scarecrow stood peremptory. They showed censure over the Lion’s cowardly attitude; hence his name. He gave a dissembled view of himself at first but unfolded his identity on the journey as he was faced with difficult obstacles. The Lion showed some dissimulation but decided to ask the Wizard of Oz for courage. The journey with Dorothy and the Scarecrow showed him that he could be courageous even if he didn’t have courage.

Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion, and the Tin-Man finally concluded their diurnal journey (that had propitious weather). The group reflected back on their inner discoveries and tribulations they faced, the Tin-Man wondered to himself how did all of his allayed feelings go away? Just earlier the cowardly lion prostrated at the sound of Oz’s voice and look at him now, he’s able to conquer anything that gets in his way. He reflected upon himself and could not help but realize how much he has also changed. Earlier that day he always seemed phlegmatic and now he could not even extricate his emotions! His newly discovered heart palpitated as he imagined all the emotions he could finally express. As they all filed out of the capacious room quietly, Oz’s voice mitigated and he had lost the ignominious expression on his face. He looked at them all sternly and bid them his farewell. Oz watched the remarkable group as they all parted with their new found abilities and words of wisdom.

 E- PRIME VOCABULARY STORIES

Anessa, the most beautiful woman of all the Dewlap Valley enjoyed spending her afternoons by the stream under her favorite willow tree to escape the torridity (1) of the sun. As Anessa laid down in the grass to peer up into the sky, Margaret came rushing towards her with a fierce physiognomy(2). Margaret’s personality seemed like the opposite of a nefarious(3) woman. Displaying the kind and compassion of her love towards everyone, made Anessa over the years become very close to her servant Margaret and even consider her to be more of a mother than her actual mother. “Your father has urgent news and you need to come to the castle immediately” spoke Margaret quietly. Anessa rushed to the beautifully constructed castle and awaited the inexorable(4) news. Never being a suppliant(5) person Anessa plopped down into the chair and prayed silently, fearing what her father would say. Her father quietly entered the room and slowly sat next to his daughter. He gently placed his hand on her knee and looked her in the eyes. “ I have very exciting news to tell you.” He waited for a response and realized she did not want to speak, so then continued quickly. “ You know how your potential husband has to be akin(6) to the family right?” She slowly nodded. “Well your uncle and I have decided that you are going to marry your cousin Daniel!” He shouted joyfully. Anessa then closed her eyes and began breathing rapidly. Her father corroborated(7) that the news had been as awful as she anticipated. She got up quickly and furiously walked out of the room! She couldn’t believe her father, not only did Daniel act like everything was tedium(8); he always seemed insipid(9) as if only the outside mattered.
A month later the wedding ceremony played out. Anessa had absolutely no say in anything. She enjoyed her bridesmaids most because they acted as a retinue(10) and did whatever she told them.

Before marrying Anessa, the king Daniel ruled over the town of Santorini. Daniel, a capricious(1) leader, got placed under a spell by the evil Pluto, and left to lay in a moribund (2) in the hospice (3) of Athena. The spell stayed induced because Daniel only allowed women of the same level of power to display affection to him. Pluto became angered when his daughter, Heidi, attempted to sacrifice her freedom in exchange of Daniel’s affection. Daniel denied her request because she appeared only a pheasant, a garish disparity (4). When Pluto’s epistle (5) did not meet with the efficacy (6) he had wished for, Pluto took matters into his own hands, conjuring up spells, an old avocation(7) of his, Pluto perfected the perfect one to inflict upon Daniel. The spell made the indecisive leader gravely ill and unable to run the town, the only cure to the spell was a change of heart. A change of heart for Daniel meant allowing reticent (8) women of all levels of power to win his true affections. Daniel did not want to live with the horrid spell any longer, even though he vacillated(9) over the offer, he had a sudden impetus(10) and agreed to marry Anessa, his cousin. 

 Some years later, King Daniel (1) allocated the delightful morning to tour the town and greet his noble citizens. While touring, he came upon a (2)crass figure who (3) interloped into the town. The king demanded that the intruder identifies himself. The intruder identified himself as an (4)ascetic monk who preached the king of unworthiness of his material goods. The king grew furious over this, and used his (5)dint to (6)enjoin a law to(7) defray for intruding. Just as he stated, one of his towns’(8) envoy started defending the monk. The angry king who could not be
(9)beguiled or fooled, stated that the (10)vicarious punishment should immediately be given.

You can visualize the sort of relationship that Anessa and Daniel had. Being part of the same bloodline they did not really care for each other very much. Anessa only wished that she could have (1) admonished her father on his decision of marrying her cousin. The agreement seemed (2) plight for Anessa, seeing that she would have loved to marry whom she pleased. Throughout the days she appeared very (3) presumptuous, but once returning to the castle she seemed more (4) subversive. Her heart was mostly (5) vacuous, but she still held on to some happiness because of her beloved friend Margaret. Most of her weary nights she spent on her balcony staring out into the sky (6) akimbo. Whenever she had to face matters with Daniel she felt (7) lassitude, as if not wanting anything to do with his matters. Anessa saw Daniel as a (8) licentious person who didn’t care for much but what he wanted. Whenever he spoke on anything (9) pecuniary she looked around (10) mused, wanting to be elsewhere. Nothing she said or did made her life any merrier, but she tried each day to occupy herself with nothing more than activities that were appealing to her and that kept her away from Daniel and his absurd lifestyle.

BY: Elizabeth Olarte, Nathan Arche, Anu Lepoth, and Miriam Colon

DATE: October 5, 2009

                             E-Prime Vocab Stories

The definition of basically what I would call your average bully equals Billy. Everybody has his or her own theories on why he turned out this way; maybe because of his corpulent figure or the fact that he never associated with jocund groups, or maybe even because of his derisive manner. To really understand how this developed, we have to understand what in fact triggered the vile behavior to begin with. Surprisingly Billy did not seem as tough as he appeared; in fact the complete opposite, completely effeminate. Billy used to have this vehement enthusiasm towards sewing. He used to get carried away and make his own clothes. Everyone thought he dressed ostentatiously, which made him a fairly easy target. He lived a teased life and tried to have sanguine expectations, but it grew harder as the days went on. As the summer grew near he realized that acting like a pushover resulted into a manifest error. This gave him the realization that he could change his image and behavior and live without fear. He came back the next year and dressed austerely. This made the kids back off a little until one day Chuck decided to see how much Billy had changed. Legend says if you get really quiet, you can still hear the strident screams made by Chuck.

Billy always seemed to do profligate things to many people, mainly due to his age and the fact that he acted extremely fecund and that he did not appear elegiac whatsoever.  One day Billy decided to mess with the politically-disturbed, and it just so happened by fortuitous that a rather large remonstrance took place near his house, so Billy took advantage. The day was hot and the people suffered infirmities and some from more severe maladies, but Billy did not care, nor did the fact that people were passing out cause a nuance.  He walked over to the water supply and poured in Pop Rocks, hoping to vitiate the quality of the water, but little did he know that Pop Rocks and water cause a rather loud explosion…the water supply container began to scintillate and eventually exploded.

On another occasion, Billy the bully came up with another scheme. Billy had a problem with feeling aplomb; which drove him to want superiority. He seemed cognizant about his actions, though he tried not to show it. On a nebulous day, Billy decided to follow a paradigm and be urbane every other day and show hegemony. After carrying out the plan for weeks Billy felt unctuous by politeness. He did not use a barrage of angry words to admonish anyone anymore. This change signified a turning point in Billy. He did not have collusions anymore now that acting urbane was out of the way.

Billy sure got into much trouble because of his mischief, but after many confrontations and fights he still came out ambulatory. He never portrayed himself as brazen, for his reputation meant too much to him. While he grew up teased by others he always seemed ennui when din voices came from his victims. For him the misery of others healed the pain. After some experiences that he encountered he felt exonerated and many found him inscrutable. Some could never have prognosticated the change of heart that came to Billy. The way he made schism from his bullying days was remarkable. He no longer felt the need to interfere in sedition and his past seemed to wizen.

December 1, 2009

by: Miriam Colon, Elizabeth Olarte, Anu Lepoth, Nathan Arche

                                   E-Prime Vocab Story

Anu Lepoth, Miriam Colon, Elizabeth Olarte

As Stacy s’ arrival went unnoticed by the party full of guests filled with (1) felicity, she thought of her sneaky, secretive self, (2) analogous to the wind because of its mysterious nature. Stacy Hankins, a woman very well familiar with the law, considered herself as an undercover (3) emissary at the Miami FBI, though her sneaking into places had made some people view her as a (4) brigand, yet she did not care. Stacy knew her (5) incendiary and (6) ubiquitous capabilites were great benefits for her. For that she portrayed herself as a (7) magnanimous woman. She portrayed herself as the opposite of (8) venerable. She went through many (9) plights throughout her life, she believed the situations shaped her life and influenced strongly on her strength. One of the guest started speaking to her, she answered with a (10) repartee.

Robert Greenland, a popular politician, also attended the new years bash. He always seemed to have a calm (1)countenance (that would not (2)mutable), which made him very likable and approachable. Robert, seen as a man of quiet and retiring (3)deposition and highly respectable. His speeches always filled with classical (4)epigrams that wowed the audience every time. It resulted into a difficult year with the result of his job loss, affecting him and his family not only financially but also put a huge strain on his relationships. His wife often complained to her husband about the (5)laconic replies she receives and often felt (6)disdain towards her husband when he did so. As many people approached him one by one his conversations shifted into highly (7)discursive, he suddenly (8)feigned sickness and walked outside to get fresh air. He gazed into the sky and admired the (9)ethereal world. The sudden thud (10)confounded him, as he searched for the cause of noise he found a drunken young man lying on his back, looking up giving him a (11)wry smile. Raised as a man of noble (12)mien he felt the need to help the poor fellow up. The young man demanded release, that he was appointed (13)curate in Cheltenham. He could not note the young man for his (14)veracity. His walk turned into a (15)gambol that looks as graceful as a man with two feet. Robert chuckled to himself and watched the young man depart.

Another guest at the party, with the name of Caroline Hersch, stood around the punch table amazed at the turnout of her best friends new years eve party. She felt (1) nascent, almost as if a new person had come into the social world. She felt (2) nonplused by her new surroundings and (3) pedantic about the year that passed and the one that would come. Caroline began to think about the past year and she begain to (4) quail, for she suffered much heartache in the past. Her parents seemed very (5) rhetorical about her life and the career she had chosen, thinking that she turned (6) fatuous. Caroline always felt (7) febrile, that maybe her life turned into nowhere. But at the moment, she felt (8) incredulous at how much she bloomed into a succesful woman. Across the room a handsome man seemed to look over her, in a (9)furtive manner which surprised her. Caroline Hersch felt, suddenly, (10) interminable as if nothing could bring her down. She also noticed her (11) oblique stature as she thought of all her past memories. She thought of the way she overcame many (12) pernicious illnesses as a child and how her (13) sardonic character caused her trouble with other children. She declared right then her (14) ultimatum for the new year, watching in her mind all the past memories fade away. She (15)writhed alittle when she thought about the past and the new beginnings that were to come for her and as well as her new friends. With only 5 minutes till midnight, everyone became more cheerful and started to get excited for the new year.

EPRIME STORY 3/1/10

The 202) benign king of Zanesville fell in love with Lady Amelia last year when they met at the royal ball. He felt awed by her beauty and 204) ebullient to show compassion for others. He after a year, decided on his 201) amorous feelings to Amelia. He, accompanied by his royal 205) entourage, traveled to Amelia’s castle. He was so 209) resolute that her feelings toward him might be just as loving. He 206) extoled of her beauty to just about anyone he met. While he traveled to Amelia’s castle, a hurricane hindered his plans and he was 207) languid for days. Once he finally arrived at the castle, he had to 208) meet with Amelia’s servants before going in to seeing the lady herself and found out that Amelia married two days ago to a noble knight. The king felt as if his heart turned 210) turgid by a poison. His dreams of her and him together were crushed, he could not believe it, he compared his 203) dissolute to that of a heartbroken man with no hope.

After Lady Amelia rejected the young King he showed a 218) languor attitude. He wondered why she would ever deny a man like him. Did Amelia think poorly of his 219) resplendent personality? Or did she believe he was 215) equivocal? He 220) ruminated on these questions but remained 214) dubious. He thought that maybe Amelia was 211) chastening him and that she only cared for the noble knight’s 212) corporeal things. The king felt as if a 217) goad struck through his heart although the news 213) derived from a friend awhile back. The king felt himself 216) errant from all that happened.

For some time, the king felt an urge to 221) assail the noble knight for stealing his lady. He felt 223) bellicose and his actions seemed 222) beget because of his feelings. The king stored many 224) delusions in his mind about the knight and Lady Amelia. He could imagine himself having a 225) discourse with her about her beautiful eyes and he imagined himself as a 226) garrison at her door waiting for her to let him in. He desired for her to see him as her 227) recourse and he would erase all her 229) vexation and be her 230) vigilant king who would avoid any 228) tumultuous situations so that she would not be disturbed. They would be 231) auspicious and 233) conductive to the people of their kingdom. He tried to 234) emulate the noble knight but Lady Amelia saw the king as 235) fungible and 236) garrulous. Her 232) cavil rejection made the king very 238) morose and her marriage to the knight seemed 237) imperious as if she were trying to hold on to her 239) proprietary state. The king remained 240) zeal for Lady Amelia.